Touch
Sight
Hearing
Taste/Smell
MISC
100
These are sensitive to any stimuli that cause a physical distortion of the neuron’s plasma membrane.
What are mechanoreceptors?
100
The clear gel behind the lens, which gives the eyeball its shape.
What is the vitreous humor?
100
I.
What is the tympanic membrane?
100
The raised projections on the tongue.
What are papillae?
100
"Floaters" are caused by these.
What are clumped proteins?
200
The type of fibers that carry slow pain such as burning or aching.
What are Unmyelinated nociceptor?
200
They produce tears that moisten the eyes and clear foreign material.
What are lacrimal glands?
200
Besides sound, the ear senses this.
What is balance?
200
The number of taste buds in an average person.
What is 10,000?
200
Reflected light is focused onto this part of the retina, which is the area of sharpest image and has the greatest concentration of cones.
What is the fovea centralis?
300
Areas monitored by each cell for sensation.
What are receptive fields?
300
The smooth muscle that can alter the shape of
the lens.
What is the ciliary body?
300
C.
What is the incus?
300
Olfactory sensory information is sent through the olfactory nerve to these specific areas of the brain.
What are the thalamus and the temporal lobe?
300
Sound waves enter the cochlea through it.
What is the oval window?
400
The senses that have receptors concentrated within specific structures.
What are special senses?
400
The eye is divided into these three primary layers.
What are the retina, choroid, and sclera?
400
The three bones that the middle ear contains.
What is the, malleus, incus, stapes?
400
Sourness tends to be found in foods with high amounts of these.
What are vitamins?
400
The three important characteristics of ear wax.
What are it's slightly acidic, antibacterial and traps dirt (sticky)?
500
The type of receptor that senses skin stretching.
What are Ruffini endings?
500
The muscles of the eye are controlled by a combination of these cranial nerves.
What are the abducens, oculomotor, and trochlear nerves?
500
The glands that produce wax.
What are ceruminous glands?
500
The five tastes.
What are bitter, sour, sweet, salty, and umami?
500
The taste activated by high protein content.
What is umami?